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Minister Shibu Baby John says issue of wildlife conflict will not be treated as sole responsibility of Forest department and instead be addressed via coordinated interventions by Agriculture and Revenue departments
Conservationists say a small group of seven leopards, including two cubs, is now moving through a landscape that has changed significantly since the big cats were last seen here.
District Collector Dineshan Cheruvatt orders the dismantling of unauthorised structures that obstruct wildlife movement. Farmersโ groups and the church leaders demand withdrawal of order. Chief Minister says genuine farmers will face no trouble, and only encroached fences will be cleared.
Church forum alleges that the order issued by the Idukki District Collector directing the removal of illegal fences obstructing wildlife corridors violates the constitutional rights of people living in the high-range areas
A young seal gained widespread attention on social media in China after swimming 200km to return to an island where it had lived for months following its release into the wild. This two-year-old seal marks its second return to a human-inhabited area after being freed into open seas. Internet users were touched by videos showcasing the seal, affectionately named Nana, as it returned to the shores of Dachangshan Island in northeastern Chinaโs Liaoning province. Nana was released into the ocean on...
The child injured on head after the animal pounces on him while he was sitting on his motherโs lap
The calf was crossing the river near the barrage when the strong currents swept it away from the herd. Its rescue was captured on camera
According to police, a wild elephant that crossed Bhavani river attacked Bushra and her son. Bushra suffered serious injuries to her head and later succumbed
Kannur Divisional Forest Officer says the Forest department expects to bring kumki elephants from the Muthanga elephant camp in Wayanad within the next two days.
Uma nova espรฉcie de felino, batizado de Leopardus tilcayo, foi identificada em florestas montanhosas da Bolรญvia, em uma regiรฃo conhecida como Nor Yungas. A descoberta foi feita por uma equipe de pesquisadores liderados pelo professor da Escola de Ciรชncias da Saรบde e da Vida da Pontifรญcia Universidade Catรณlica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Eduardo Eizirik. Notรญcias relacionadas:Expediรงรฃo cientรญfica brasileira investiga abismos do Atlรขntico.Prรชmio reconhece pesquisas brasileiras sobre mudanรงas climรกticasย .A descriรงรฃo cientรญfica de uma nova espรฉcie de felino รฉ a primeira em mais de um sรฉculo. O trabalho, publicado na revista cientรญfica Current Biology, foi feito a partir da anรกlise genรดmica de um animal conhecido pelo apelido de โTigrinoโ. O macho foi encontrado ainda filhote, em 2016, por um morador da regiรฃo de Nor Yungas, na Bolรญvia. Posteriormente, foi levado ao refรบgio de animais La Senda Verde, onde permaneceu.ย Os resultados genรดmicos publicadosย no estudoย no dia 17 de setembroย mostraram que o animal nรฃo pertencia ร espรฉcie que anteriormente se imaginava (Leopardus tigrinus), mas fazia parte de uma linhagem evolutivamente distinta que, atรฉ entรฃo, nรฃo havia sido reconhecida pela ciรชncia.ย โEste รฉ um estudo que evidencia o quanto ainda hรก para se descobrir sobre a biodiversidade do planeta. Mesmo entre animais carismรกticos e conhecidos como os felinos, espรฉcies podem permanecer desconhecidas durante sรฉculos. Descobrir e entender estas espรฉcies รฉ vital para que tambรฉm saibamos como protegรช-lasโ, destacou Eizirik.ย De acordo com a PUCRS, oย ย artigo Phylogenomics and museomics reveal five distinct species of tiger cats in South Americaย tambรฉm produziu nova compreensรฃo sobre a diversidade de gatos-do-mato conhecidos em inglรชs como โtiger catsโ. Segundo a pesquisa, o grupo, atรฉ recentemente considerado uma รบnica espรฉcie, รฉ, na realidade, composto por cinco espรฉcies diferentes. A conclusรฃo foi possรญvel graรงas ao sequenciamento e ร anรกlise de genomas completos de 38 indivรญduos provenientes de diferentes regiรตes da Amรฉrica do Sul. Entre os materiais analisados estavam oito exemplares histรณricos mantidos em museus da Europa e dos Estados Unidos.ย Segundo Eizirik, os gatos-do-mato analisados podem ser classificados como espรฉcies crรญpticas, conceito utilizado pela ciรชncia para designar animais de aparรชncia muito semelhante, mas que apresentam diferenรงas genรฉticas e trajetรณrias evolutivas independentes. โEssa semelhanรงa visual fez com que diferentes espรฉcies fossem, durante muito tempo, confundidas e classificadas como uma sรณโ, afirma.ย A pesquisa reuniu cientistas da PUCRS e de instituiรงรตes parceiras do Brasil, Bolรญvia, Peru, Bรฉlgica, Colรดmbia, Estados Unidos e Reino Unido.ย
This is the second leopard that has accidentally been captured in one of the 14 cages placed to trap the tiger since operations to capture the animal began on August 21
Scientists say the record-breaking journey by three brothers offers hope wildlife can survive growing pressures.
The initiative has gained significance following the recent death of a mother deer and its fawn in an attack by stray dogs; DFO says awareness camps will be conducted for roadside eatery operators and walkersโ associations as part of efforts to prevent stray dogs from moving freely along the Forest Road and inside city park
Four captive elephants are in the process of being transferred, while a fifth, five-year-old Durga, has been moved to the Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple
One buffalo dies and another survives attack at Avelthi village; Forest teams intensify tracking and monitoring of tiger movements
Wildlife expert demands return of endangered apes to their original habitat
Wildlife specialists free an elephant from a tyre stuck around its neck, days after the trunk of another trapped in a wire-mesh trap was treated
Forest department plans to instruct plantation managements to ensure that livestock are sheltered in sheds by early afternoon.
Authorities in India rescue baby orangutans dumped in forest
The adult male bear is under observation at the Indira Gandhi Zoological Park for two days before release into the wild, wildlife expert D. Mahesh Babu says